Re: New file chooser (latest version)

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Monday, March 1, 2004, at 11:59 AM, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:

> Not likely.  The release is pretty late already.

Is it too late for commentary about user interface hassles that look 
like ui bugs in the final implementation?

If any details i complain about are merely things that are planned but 
not yet complete, please accept my apologies.  I am sincerely trying to 
help.


Bookmarks Sidebar:
- The default size is far too big.  It's half of the dialog, and it's 
almost completely blank space.  The file/folder list should be the 
primary feature of this dialog, and the sidebar should size itself to 
what's inside.
- It cannot be shrunk beyond the width of the "add" and "remove" 
buttons.  In the face of that, a way to hide the thing completely, e.g. 
by double-clicking on the resize grip as in mozilla, would be very 
helpful.

Select Folder Mode:
When you select things, the list jumps around, so that the 
currently-selected row is always fifth (at least, that's what it looks 
like).  It's very distracting and annoying.  If it *must* move like 
that, how about an animation, so you can see that it's moving, where 
it's going and where it came from, instead of just a wrinkle in space 
and time?

Create Folder Mode:
The window should be small when the full filechooser is collapsed, but 
it is not.  I think this is just an implementation bug.

Path Bar:
The current directory is always at the end, even when you go backwards. 
 If i recall the original proposal correctly, the child directories 
should stick around until you change to a directory that's not 
currently in the PathBar.  Use case:  i want to jump back up two levels 
really quick to make sure i'm getting the file in the right subdir, so 
i click on the parent in the PathBar.  Now i have to navigate back to 
the child, whereas if the PathBar kept its full path, i'd be able just 
to click on the one at the end again.


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